The medieval practice of illiterate peasants signing an “X” in place of their name required a witness to kiss this mark to prove sincerity. this eventually evolved into the “X” being a shorthand symbol of a kiss. Wow, bet you didn’t know that, did you? [via Marmalade Maermaid]
The Anti-Bloggies winners have been announced… but only two of the people I voted for won. *sigh* I didn’t win my coveted “Most Updated Blog” award. Maybe next year… I have to say though that I had a lot of fun with the Anti-Bloggies – it was fun stuffing the ballot box and begging Davezilla for an award. And really, isn’t that what the Anti-Bloggies are all about?
Chris Pirillo had better watch it, I think my son Jason may be going after his job soon. I’m not sure if I exposed him to too much TechTV this weekend or what, but I knew I was in trouble when he was working on his chart for his science fair project this afternoon. I was in the kitchen unloading the dishwasher as he sat at the table working on the laptop. All of the sudden he exclaimed, “I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!” I couldn’t help but laugh. Such enthusiasm, over the cut & paste functionality in Word!
I started thinking “TechTV needs a kids show!” Then I realized that kids pick up this stuff faster then adults, and after watching the Call for Help episode from earlier this week about the wireless networks he already understands how ours works. They don’t need a dumbed-down show at all!
I love technology!
While reading Melly’s blog, it always makes me stop and think. And remember. Somedays I feel like she’s wearing my old shoes that I have walked many miles in. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since I’ve been faced with the same choices, the same labels, and the same emotions. In many ways it seems like just yesterday, and at other times it seems like a lifetime ago. I made my decisions, and I have never had regrets about most of them. And no regrets about the most important one of all. The miracle of life is a wonderful thing.
When I first saw the mLife commercials, I assumed it had something to do with MetLife. Obviously, wrong. But MetLife feels the same way and is suing AT&T Wireless. “MetLife said in a statement that it disapproved of AT&T Wireless’ use of the term, which it found “confusingly similar” and potentially “dilutive” to MetLife’s own trademarks, “thereby causing irreparable harm to the company.” The New York-based insurance company also said the mLife ads were similar to MetLife’s own “have you met life today?” campaign, which, it said, “also address issues such as enhancing life significance in an emotional way.” MetLife also objected to AT&T Wireless’ frequent use of “mLife” as spelled “mlife,” which it felt were similar to “have you met life today?”.”
AT&T of course thinks the suit is frivilous. As a consumer, MetLife was the first thing I thought of, and isn’t that the purpose of a trademark? To have the ability to brand it and make it your own identity for your company? Yes, it is. Now I just hope the courts back them up on that for the sake of business small & large everywhere.